Donica - A Ballad

Author Note: In Finland there is a Castle which is called the New Rock, moated about with a river of unfounded depth, the water black and the fish thereinvery distateful to the palate. In this are spectres often seen, whichforeshew either the death of the Governor, or some prime officerbelonging to the place; and most commonly it appeareth in the shape ofan harper, sweetly singing and dallying and playing under the water.